Final figures from the Housing Census. Population and Housing Census 2001

9   Dwellings, by accessibility for a person who uses a wheelchair, number of floors in the building and elevator. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent
Number of floors in the building. Elevator Total A person who uses a wheelchair can get into the dwelling without any help A person who uses a wheelchair can not get into the dwelling without any help
Total A person who uses a wheelchair can use all important rooms1 A person who uses a wheelchair can not use all important rooms1 Total A person who uses a wheelchair can use all important rooms1 A person who uses a wheelchair can not use all important rooms1
  Numbers
Total 1 961 548      336 106  138 507  197 599     1 625 442  138 449 1 486 993
               
1 floor  575 222  100 130 44 682 55 448  475 092 49 913  425 179
2 floors  908 624  128 631 50 877 77 754  779 993 61 151  718 842
3-4 floors  349 927 54 185 25 350 28 835  295 742 22 301  273 441
In building with elevator 33 643 26 721 17 357 9 364 6 922 1 217 5 705
In building without elevator  316 284 27 464 7 993 19 471  288 820 21 084  267 736
5 floors or more  127 775 53 160 17 598 35 562 74 615 5 084 69 531
In building with elevator 81 727 50 267 16 942 33 325 31 460 2 117 29 343
In building without elevator 46 048 2 893  656 2 237 43 155 2 967 40 188
               
  Per cent
Total  100.0 17.1 7.1 10.1 82.9 7.1 75.8
               
1 floor  100.0 17.4 7.8 9.6 82.6 8.7 73.9
2 floors  100.0 14.2 5.6 8.6 85.8 6.7 79.1
3-4 floors  100.0 15.5 7.2 8.2 84.5 6.4 78.1
In building with elevator  100.0 79.4 51.6 27.8 20.6 3.6 17.0
In building without elevator  100.0 8.7 2.5 6.2 91.3 6.7 84.7
5 floors or more  100.0 41.6 13.8 27.8 58.4 4.0 54.4
In building with elevator  100.0 61.5 20.7 40.8 38.5 2.6 35.9
In building without elevator  100.0 6.3 1.4 4.9 93.7 6.4 87.3
1  Important rooms include bathroom, toilet, kitchen, living room and at least one bedroom.

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